Timeline of Grenoble

Prior to 11th century

43 BCE - First mention of Cularo

4th century - Roman Catholic diocese of Cularo established.

292 - Gallo-Roman wall of Cularo completed

381 - Cularo becomes Gratianopolis

879 - Grenoble becomes part of the Kingdom of Provence.

902 - First reference of Grenoble Cathedral

11th-17th centuries

1012 - First mention of Saint-Laurent Church

1110 - The son of Count Guigues III of Albon is nicknamed Dauphin (Guigo Delphinus), later Dauphin of France

1219 - September: Grenoble flood 1219.

1337 - Conseil Delphinal (court) founded.

1339 - Gratianopolis becomes Gregnoble

1381 - Construction start of the Tour de l'Isle

1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).

1453 - Parlement du Dauphiné created.

1539 - Palais du parlement du Dauphiné expanded.

1592 - First Bastille built by Lesdiguières.

1625 - Hôtel de la Première présidence built.

1627 - General Hospital construction begins.

1639 - Construction start of a new wall by François de Bonne de Crequi

1647 - Construction start of Sainte-Marie-d'en-Bas

1675 - End of the construction of the wall by Crequi

1699 - Saint-Louis Church erected

18th century

1772 - Académie Delphinale and Bibliothèque municipale de Grenoble founded.

1778 - October: Flood ("déluge de Saint-Crépin").

1788 - 7 June: Social unrest ("Day of the Tiles").

1790 - Grenoble becomes part of the Isère souveraineté.

1793 - Population: 20,019.

1798 - Museum of Grenoble established.

19th century

1810 - Saint Roch Cemetery opened

1836 - Extension of wall by general Haxo

1847 - Bastille rebuilt by general Haxo.

1858 - Chemins de fer du Dauphiné railway begins operating.

1859 - 2 November: Grenoble flood.

1864

Grenoble–Montmélian railway begins operating.

Chamber of Commerce established.

1886 - Population: 52,484.

1892 - FC Grenoble (football club) formed.

1894 - Tram begins operating.^(fr)

1899

Grenoble Power and Light Company established.

Grenoble-Chapareillan tramway begins operating.

20th century

1906 - Opening of the Musée dauphinois

1911 - Population: 77,438.

1925

International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism held in Grenoble.

Perret tower (Grenoble) erected.

1934 - Grenoble-Bastille cable car begins operating.

1945 - Le Dauphiné libéré newspaper begins publication.

1946 - Population: 102,161.

1956 - First works in Polygone Scientifique

1965 - Hubert Dubedout becomes mayor.

1966 - opening of Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation

1967

Palais des Sports (Grenoble) opens.

Foundation of the Institut Laue–Langevin

Foundation of LETI

1968

Gare de Grenoble rebuilt.

1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble.

1970 - Joseph Fourier University, Pierre Mendès-France University, and Stendhal University established.

1973 - Socialist Party national congress held in Grenoble.

1976 - Population : 166,037

1982 - Grenoble becomes part of the Rhône-Alpes region.

1983 - Alain Carignon becomes mayor.

1987 - Grenoble tramway begins operating.

1994

new building for the Museum of Grenoble

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility begins operating.

1995 - Michel Destot becomes mayor.

1997 - Grenoble Foot 38 (football club) formed.

1998

Musée de l'Ancien Évêché inaugurated

March: Rhône-Alpes regional election, 1998 held.

2000 - Socialist Party national congress held in Grenoble again.

21st century

2001 - Opening of Patinoire Polesud

2004 - March: Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2004 held.

2005 - Launch of téléGrenoble Isère (local television).

2006 - Opening of Minatec.

2008 - Stade des Alpes (stadium) opens.

2011 - Population: 157,424.; opening of Clinatec

2014

March: Grenoble municipal election, 2014 held.

Éric Piolle becomes mayor.

2015

Grenoble-Alpes Métropole established.

110,000 people demonstrate against attacks in Paris

December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 held.

2016 - Grenoble becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.